Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little Armenian girls in Syria spent ten months tying 4,404,247,000 knots depicting an even gross of animals, and completed a rug for Calvin Coolidge's Christmas. He wrote to the Vice Chairman of the Near East Relief, Dr. John H. Finley...
Next day Chancellor Luther folded his arms while Foreign Minister Stresemann parried attacks by the Communists, the Nationalists and the ultra-reactionary Voelkische, stubborn faction of famed die-hard General von Ludendorff. At the conclusion of these forensic games an actual vote was hailed with relief by most of those present...
...Camera warmed to its work with the presentation to Il Benito, amid stentorian cheers, of a sheaf of laurel-a token of the Deputies' relief at his escape from assassination (TIME...
...When a Koch discovers the tubercle bacillus, a Banting discovers insulin for the relief of diabetes, or a von Behring an antitoxin for the cure of diphtheria, or a Park demonstrates the value of the antitoxin for the prevention of diphtheria, the world draws a long breath as if saying to itself, 'Now we are rid of that terror which has haunted the human race for centuries.' It then straightway forgets and goes on its way comfortably, assuming that, of course, the great discovery or invention is being carried into effect...
Widespread relief was felt throughout Germany at this development, and it was generally considered that the Government's chances for securing ratification of the Locarno Treaties by the Reichstag had been greatly improved...